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Can rabbits pull out their hair from boredom?

kerry-123

kerry-123

Mama Doe
I noticed a bald patch on Scooch the fur has been ripped clean and there is a cut on him. At first I thought ooh no mites, but then the other animals would have mites too b/cus I use the same hay with all of them, but it's a cut not red spots (which I noticed on Toby had when he caught mites a few months ago) so I think he's bored and has did this to himself I feel awful :(:( I'm going to buy him more toys today when I'm out any advice on what to buy? I gave him a cardboard box last night and put some hay in it, hid a some of his treats under his hay, and am taking him out for a loonnnnngggg day out running about the house (longer than usual). But would like to know what toys are particularily interesting to rabbits.
 
they love throwing things :) so anything like toy carrots and stuff they like to throw.
my bun loves cardboard tubes (from inside tissue roll) good idea is to put treats inside and stuff the ens with hay. they have to pull out the hay and throw the tube around to get it all out. Plus they like munching their way through the hay :)

a puzzle ball may be a good idea too. Put his food in and he has to roll it around to get the treats out..this way he has to work for his food and think about how to get it out. Could also hang his fave veg up on string from the roof of his cage. Takes a while for them to eat it coz it swings round out of reach lol.
 
vegan_household said:
they love throwing things :) so anything like toy carrots and stuff they like to throw.
my bun loves cardboard tubes (from inside tissue roll) good idea is to put treats inside and stuff the ens with hay. they have to pull out the hay and throw the tube around to get it all out. Plus they like munching their way through the hay :)

a puzzle ball may be a good idea too. Put his food in and he has to roll it around to get the treats out..this way he has to work for his food and think about how to get it out. Could also hang his fave veg up on string from the roof of his cage. Takes a while for them to eat it coz it swings round out of reach lol.
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Thanks I'll try some of them. They are on a veg ban for today (And yesterday) lol but tomorrow I'll give them a little veg treat :p Yeah when I give them like toilet tubes they enjoy lifting it and dropping it again lol funny to watch :p
 
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